Barrios: La.'s education reform all about fuzzy math

7:22 PM,
Oct. 4, 2013

Written by

Lee P. Barrios
Abita Springs

What has reform really meant for Louisiana beyond the fuzzy math and mysterious statistics recited by (Bobby) Jindal in his "Louisiana is Leading the Way in Education" op-ed of Sept. 15, (The Times-Picayune)?

Jindal pretends to give credit for the initiation of the "transformation" of Louisiana's public education system to "countless local teachers, students and parents."

That transformation was from 68 locally controlled and elected school board districts pre-Katrina, to a statewide conglomeration of 86 school districts with over 104 charters. Gov. Jindal would have us believe ...